OVC is seeking applicants for the following funding opportunities. Find information about these open solicitations and others planned below.
OVC FY 2023 Culturally Responsive Victim Services Fellowship
The Fellow will assist OVC’s work to build the capacity of and increase access to culturally responsive services for victims of crime through outreach, demonstration initiatives, national-scope programs, national conferences, and the development of culturally specific responses to hate crimes, terrorism, and mass violence, among other issues.
- Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Thursday, June 1, 2023
- Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Thursday, June 8, 2023
OVC FY 2023 National Resource Centers for Victim Research, Evaluation, and Reaching Underserved Victims
OVC seeks applications to re-establish National Resource Centers for 1) Reaching Underserved Victims and 2) Victim Research and Evaluation.
The Centers will provide training and technical assistance (TTA) that ensures that the victim services field benefits from victim-centered practices; translates knowledge to enhance the use of data and research to understand victim needs; identifies and implements proven and effective practices; and enhances victim service accessibility and delivery.
- Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Thursday, June 1, 2023
- Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Thursday, June 8, 2023
OVC FY 2023 Field-Generated Solicitation: Increasing Options and Expanding Access for Victims of Crime
OVC seeks field-generated proposals that offer innovative solutions that will increase the service options available to crime victims, expand access for underheard and underrepresented communities, or improve the way information is delivered to crime victims. Applicants will be asked to state the problem they are aiming to solve and present an innovative solution that will generate new or promising practices for the field.
- Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Monday, June 5, 2023
- Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Monday, June 12, 2023
OVC FY 2023 Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: Outreach and Implementation Project
The goal of this project is to increase access and availability of the OVC-published Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials, fulfilling their intended purpose of supporting young victims and witnesses that interact with the justice system.
- Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Tuesday, June 5, 2023
- Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Monday, June 12, 2023
OVC FY 2023 Action Partnerships for National Membership and/or Professional Affiliation Agencies Assisting Victims in the Aftermath of Crime
The project’s goals are to expand professional organization members’ knowledge and understanding of crime victim issues and what it means to be trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive, and encourage constituents who may come into contact with family members of homicide victims in their work to integrate this information into their daily practices.
- Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Wednesday, June 7, 2023
- Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Wednesday, June 14, 2023
OVC FY 2023 Supporting Children, Youth, and Families Affected by the Drug Crisis: Recruiting and Developing Peer Recovery Coaches
The goal of this initiative is to support children, youth, and families who have suffered victimizations as a result of a family member’s or caregiver’s substance use disorder by recruiting, training, and certifying peer recovery coaches who have lived experience. The program will result in a peer recovery coach paraprofessional program.
- Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Monday, June 12, 2023
- Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Tuesday, June 20, 2023
OVC FY 2023 Developing Future Victim Specialists to Serve American Indian/Alaska Native Victims of Crime
OVC seeks to develop a workforce of victim service providers to serve American Indian and Alaska Native victims of crime in locations that are remote and where positions are hard to fill. This will be accomplished by engaging interested individuals, including but not limited to, college and university students, who are from, live, and/or attend school in these areas.
- Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Monday, June 12, 2023
- Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Tuesday, June 20, 2023
OVC FY 2023 Targeted Training and Technical Assistance for VOCA Victim Assistance and Compensation Administrators
OVC seeks qualified applicants to provide a wide variety of training and technical assistance support to Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Assistance and Compensation Administrators and their subrecipients.
- Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Tuesday, June 20, 2023
- Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Tuesday, June 27, 2023
OVC FY 2023 Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act State-Run Hate Crime Reporting Hotlines
OVC seeks applications (1) to establish state-run hate crime reporting hotlines designed to assist victims who might otherwise be reluctant to report hate crimes; and 2) to enhance the quality of services and referrals for hotline users by providing specialized training and technical assistance to all award recipients under this program.
- Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Wednesday, June 28, 2023
- Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Wednesday, July 5, 2023
OVC FY 2023 Anti-Trafficking Funding Opportunities
Learn more and apply for funding to enhance services for victims of human trafficking.
View open anti-trafficking funding opportunities
Pre-Application Webinars
Register for pre-application webinars on our Funding Webinars page. Each webinar will include an overview of solicitation requirements and a question and answer session.
Recorded Webinars: Planning Your OVC Application Webinar Series
We also encourage you to review the previously conducted 4-part webinar series from 2022 to help you prepare your application(s).
Application Process
All applications will be submitted to the Department of Justice in a two-step process.
In step 1, applicants must submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL by the Grants.gov deadline when they register in Grants.gov. In Section 8F of the SF-424, include the name and contact information of the individual who will complete application materials in JustGrants.
In step 2, the individual who was identified in Section 8F will be notified to submit the full application including attachments in JustGrants. To be considered timely, the full application must be submitted in JustGrants by the JustGrants application deadline. Review the “How to Apply” section in the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide and the JustGrants website for more information, resources, and training.